Wuthering Heights (1953 film)

Wuthering Heights
Directed by Rudolph Cartier
Screenplay by Nigel Kneale
Based on novel by Emily Brontë
Starring Richard Todd
Yvonne Mitchell
Release date
 1953
Running time
 100 mins
Country UK
Language English

Wuthering Heights is a 1953 British TV production of the classic novel. It was made because Richard Todd, then at the height of his film popularity, expressed interest in playing Heathcliff and the BBC arranged for an adaptation to be made.[1]

The production was very popular.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Obituary for Richard Todd, The Telegraph accessed 18 December 2013
  2. ↑ "Bronte classic on TV". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 11 July 1962. p. 37 Supplement: Television. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
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